Mr. Gordon does not represent Canada well. But he does represent opposition. Our Prime Minister, Mr. Harper, is hounded about every decision from these guys. Do you remember how the presidential candidates fell over each other trying to prove/assert they were Christians? In Canada, Mr. Harper is crucified daily because he has a quiet private faith.
However, that said on things military, since the Korean war Canada's military has been seriously degraded by successive Liberal Governments. Until now. Under the Liberals, Canada first showed up in Afghanistan wearing green camo, and virtually no armor. However, under Mr. Harper, who believes Canada needs to have a strong military, at least in relative terms. Canada has made huge strides. New Heilcopters, and recent the F-35, as well as ships and tanks.
We will never be the US in terms of might, but we aren't against the US. We have gone to war shoulder to shoulder with the US since the 1st World War. And in Afghanistan, we have been at war in the most dangerous Kandahar district longer than we were at war in WWII (and we were in that war quite a bit longer than the US). Canada shares many goals along side the US. On Iran, Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation in Korea and Iran, issues of economy and trade, democracy and freedom. I hope my American friends can hold these things in perspective. We are proximately 1/10 your size on a per capita basis, and economic size. Some have said of Canadian forces we punch above our weight. That may be true, but I for one am proud of our boys and what we have contributed literally blood sweat and tears to the same freedoms your boys are fighting for. Despite the Liberal/Socialist Wankers that come on these boards from time to time, they don't represent most of us.
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